A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible object to represent a less tangible object or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels."
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Short phrase for “things I did (wrote, drew, created, etc) when I was younger”?
What's a one or two word phrase that conveys the meaning "These are some things that I did when I was younger."? The context is a blog that features Writings, Photography, and Artwork. The short ...
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A “human cue tip”?
I am watching the excellent documentary "Nobelity" by Turk Pipkin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobelity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Pipkin
4 minutes into the movie, there is a bit that I ...
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Ways to say methods of doing things
I saw a lot of usage of machinery, mechanism, to be used with similar meaning as techniques, ways, methods,....
For example, my math teacher said the machinery in the proof of some theorem is not ...
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What is the origin and meaning of “coyote ugly”?
I overheard two scoundrels discussing one of their dates as being "coyote ugly".
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Who were the 'pros from Dover'?
I was reading Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy this morning, and he compares his characters to the 'pros from Dover'.
This was a phrase that I also remember hearing in the movie M*A*S*H - so it seems to be ...
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What does “piracy pirates” mean?
What does the phrase
In Soviet Russia, piracy pirates
YOU.
mean?
What is implied by "piracy pirates YOU" and what - by "IN Soviet Russia"?
Update:
My difficulty was because
The term ...
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literally as a hyperbole [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Literally” and “Decimate” misuse
I have seen a lot of backlash in internet media against people using the word literally to mean something not ...
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What does a “meteoric rise” imply?
Does the phrase "meteoric rise" connote that the rise is short-lived? Particularly bright? Generally lateral?
It just seems like a meteor is not the best metaphor for a triumphant and lasting ...
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Similes and Metaphors - are similes a subset of metaphors?
I've always been taught that metaphors and similes both draw a parallel between two disparate ideas/thoughts/objects, but that a simile is a more explicit comparison using the word "like" or "is", ...
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What is the origin of the phrase “another string to your bow”
Specifically - what kind of bow? I assume it refers to an archer's bow, but I guess it could relate to a bow used to play a stringed instrument (like a violin).
Also, I've heard it used in the sense ...
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Is there a fine line between symbolism and metaphors in literature?
Assume we have a literary masterpiece that is abundant in symbolism and metaphors. Within this masterpiece, the author uses a brook running through a glade of trees to represent a couple of things ...
